The wayward journeys of two mostly empty nesters.

Category: Close to Home

On many trips via I-70 between north eastern Kansas and Colorado, we’ve passed billboards advertising the Oz Museum in Wamego, Kansas. Since our upcoming trip to Colorado had plenty of extra time built into the schedule for meandering, we decided to take a side trip to Oz. Wamego sits at the intersection of US Hwy… Continue reading Side Trip to Oz

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Weekends from early-January until Fat Tuesday (this year on February 17th) the neighborhood comes alive with fun-filled band rehearsals for the annual very “outside the French Quarter” Mardi Gras parade in Lawrence, Kansas. New Orleans expats, now mid-westerners, Mike and Katie fill their house with friends and friends of friends to teach them traditional blues… Continue reading Midwest Mardi Gras in the Making